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Senate blocks Trump’s declaration of emergency at the US-Mexico border; Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg slams Pence; County Clerk Nicole Brown requests pay raise for election day poll workers; County invests in touch screen voting machines; Bloomington Commission on Sustainability plans information session on city transportation plan. FEATURE News Director Wes Martin speaks with Deputy Mayor Mick Renneisen about the city’s …

The federal government shut down continues, as Democrats and President Donald Trump remain at odds over funding for a wall on the Mexican-American border. Voices in the Street’s Isaak Gonzalez went out to ask area listeners if they support Trump’s wall.

Nation-wide protests are scheduled for Saturday, over the detention of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. In Bloomington, protesters will gather at 10:30 a.m. at the Monroe County Courthouse. Immigration advocate Gracia Valliant is scheduled to speak about the detentions. Valliant said, while the detention policy is not new, the sheer number of detentions are unprecedented.